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Deleted Account still syncing files on my PC
I had a temporary job in which we used Dropbox so I had to set up a basic account using a temporary email I was given. Once the job ended, my Dropbox account was deleted. I uninstalled the Dropbox app from my PC (Windows 10) but now I still have all my files in my what used to be "This PC/Documents" folder in this…
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Failed - Forbidden Download
Hello, I need your help to resolve an issue with downloading videos from dropbox. I'm not sure why but there are some videos that I can't download because it said: "failed - forbidden". I already tried changing the browser and clearing the cache but I still got the same error. Please help.
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Dropbox Desktop App Keeps On Closing
Hi. I have a 2015 iMac. It is running Big Sur v 11.4. I have the Dropbox Desktop app v 125.3.3463 installed on this machine. For some reason, the Dropbox Desktop Sync app will not stay open. It opens, starts to sync and then it crashes and keeps on cycling through this process. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing…
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Two arrows in a blue circle icon appearing on my images
Hi, Two arrows in a blue circle has appeared next to my images. I presume this indicates that something has gone wrong with the synching of the images and videos from my SD card to the laptop. Is there a way of rectifying this? Thankyou in advance
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Install error 0x80096005
Hi! I'm trying to download Dropbox on my desktop, but I get the following error: "Dropbox Update Installation failed with error 0x80096005". I tried to download the full installation instead, but I get the same error. I have Windows 10 Home (Version 20H2) and McAfee LiveSafe security.
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New sync icons - red exclamation point and arrows in a circle
I recently removed several folders from my Selective Sync, and then decided to add them back in. However, after they finished restoring, I now have two new icons that have shown up on some files, a red circle with an exclamation point in the middle, and two arrows in a circle. See the attached screenshot. Dropbox says it's…
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Cannot delete My PC folder (no backup feature turned on) - help please!
My Dad has done something to his dropbox account which has got his system into quite a state, and I haven't been able to figure out exactly what he did or how to fix it. A few days ago suddenly what has happened is that somehow he now has a "My PC (MachineName)" folder appear in his online dropbox folders. And it is trying…
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Support for DropBox Bussiness
Hi all. I need to add support for Dropbox Business in our existing integration. And I have to switch the existing Dropbox app from the access permissions model to utilizing scopes. I want to make sure that I don't have to create new app for that and I can use my existing app. Thanks in advance for your replies!
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Beta Build 110.3.425
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer Mac OS X Standard Installer Offline Installer Linux x86_64 Offline Installer x86 OfflineInstaller Auto-updates: Everyone who chose "Include me on early releases" on the…
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Dropbox CLI Error: ng
Hi, I am uploading a 101 GiB file to my dropbox and got an Error: ng 99GiB/101GiB. I used the command ./dbxcli put [src]/myfile [dest]/myfile Is uploading a 100gb with the CLI not supported? I assume it is using sessions in the background.
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Establish same dropbox folders on two computers
My wife has two computers. One has been using Dropbox. The other didn't but I just added the Dropbox app and selected the main folders to sync via Dropbox. But now I realize that those folders I selected are not exactly the same as on her "main" computer and the ones that are the same are starting with different files. Did…
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Two computers with single Dropbox account and want to change folder location
Hi, I am looking to change the location of my Dropbox folder. Right now both computers have Dropbox installed and the files are in the default location. My question is, I want to change the location of the Dropbox folder to the D: \ on Computer 1, but Computer 2 doesn't have a D: \ drive. Will that work? Or do both…
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i can't install dropbox, allways appear ERROR 2 message, also in advanced installation mode
i can't install dropbox, allways appear ERROR 2 message, also in advanced installation mode. i've deleted all previous installations i've deleted %PATHS as you show in another post i've tryed install with ADM permission but allways appears ERROR 2 DROPBOX INSTALLER CAN'T BE EXECUTED. please, help. all my problems started…
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Incompatibility with firefox.
When uploading files via the web, sometimes the upload reaches "1 sec" and gets stuck. I have contacted Dropbox support and they have suggested that I use a different browser. I have done it and it has worked perfectly. What happens is that I always use Firefox and I would prefer not to have to change browsers for these…
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Cannot install dropbox on Windows 7 32bit
Hello I try install dropbox on my old PC which run windows 7 32 bit. Both online and offline installer gave me the same result, there are 2 dialog boxes ask me to run the installer then ask me to make change on hard drive and then nothing happen. The desktop app won't install at all. I try turn off windows firewall and…
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Trouble with internal symlinks
Hello, I am struggling with symlinks. I can't get them to work. I have a folder structure like this: Fotos/jpeg/ [files] Fotos/colecciones( [links to some files] The links are defined like "../jpeg/[file]", so those links are pointing to files that are in Dropbox - I tried before linking to the full path, with the same…
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Dropbox passwords extensions (both for Firefox and Chrome) can't find desktop app on Windows
Today the browsers extensions (both for Firefox and Chrome) stopped detecting the desktop app on my Windows computer (on my Mac it's working as expected). I reinstalled both the desktop app (version 1.2.40) and the extensions, rebooted the computer, but the extensions still can't find the desktop app. It was working find…
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Backing up select folders
I want to backup (not sync) only select folders from my "Documents" into dropbox. But in the backup tab, I am not able to select the folders to backup from "Documents." Backing up entire "Documents" eats up all the space in no time. Any helpful hints on selecting specific folders appreciated.
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Computer backup "can't backup without permissions" error for Documents folder. How can I fix this?
I'm trying to have DB back up my documents folder, but it keeps saying "cant backup without permission". Ive already set it to read and write for all users. How do I fix this?
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View dropbox sync activity
How do I see what files dropbox is attempting to sync? Dropbox is consistently the highest CPU consuming app on my mac and I'd like to look at if there are files failing, file permission issues, syncing of any files regularly bc of apps touching them, etc. How many files are getting sync over a period of time, the size of…
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How can I locate large files in my account?
Hi - I need to filter out the large files stored in my local app so I can find some to delete, free up space and start syncing with the web browser version again. I can't see an option to identify where these large files are - some folders don't show the amount of storage space they're taking so no clues that way - does…
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How can I set up a home NAS device that syncs with my Dropbox account?
Hi, I want to set up a home NAS device which syncs with my Dropbox cloud account. I have the option of buying a new NAS with Dropbox installed on it, or somehow reusing my old NAS boxes which can't install Dropbox, by e.g. installing Dropbox on a router (or other network hardware), which then acts as the go-between. I…
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I can't open my own files from the Dropbox folder, even after copying content outside the folder.
I have had major headaches with the Dropbox desktop app ever since installing it. In particular, the Dropbox app running in the background has caused my computer and my Internet connection to freeze many times. It even prevented the Windows Task Manager from loading properly so I couldn't kill the Dropbox process--yet when…
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Dropbox unexpectedly quit Your files are safe. Restart Dropbox
We are getting error message as "Dropbox unexpectedly quit Your files are safe. Restart Dropbox..." repeatedly while files are getting synced to dropbox, this might have happened after Dropbox update of 120.4.4598. We are using Windows 10 OS.
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Is there a way to install Dropbox without an internet connection?
Hello all, I need to install the dropbox without internet connection. Is there a way I can download the full installation file? The standard installation file is contacting the internet during the installation...
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How to Remove Access to Dropbox files
I have to send my laptop in for repair and I want to remove access to the Dropbox files (some are shared with others, some are not) from the laptop. So far I have Quit DropBox on the app, uninstalled the DropBox software, and rebooted, yet I can still get access to Dropbox files. I do not want to delete these files from my…
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How can I prevent very long syncing time of files in large folders?
I have numerous folders in Dropbox, and the largest one is my Outlook Backup of office emails over many years, which is about 40GB. Occasionally, like today, I have to go in and save a new email, and the resulting syncing and indexing can take literally hours, which really slows down my PC. How can I prevent this very long…
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I can't use Dropbox with Brave now
Hello, I usually use Brave browser. Since 2 weeks ago or so, everytime I log in, suddenly I get a message from the browser saying "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION". For a split of a second I can see everything fine, but then the message appears. Previously it was perfect. I never had a problem and I've changed nothing in the…
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New Drobox app is terrible!
If I wanted to look at the latest files uploaded to my dropbox, I'd click on the dropbox icon in my menubar (Mac OS) and click on the folder containing the file that was last uploded as the folder tree was right under the file name. On top of that I could right click the file name in the app, copy a link to these files and…